Almost 20,000 years ago a Neolithic artist/hunter found a reindeer antler near La Madeleine, Dordogne, in France and fashioned it into a piece both practical and artistic. It was probably made into a spear thrower, a device that increases the distance and force of spear throwing. The end was carved to represent a great bison, lying on his side, licking the wound in his flank from the hunters spear. The composition of the carving and attention to detail is exemplary, and the artists intimate knowledge of the species is evident. All that remains today is the carving, an early hunter's version of creative visualization.